Sandy Cacciatore, 46

Family PhotoSandy Cacciatore, 2004 STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Native Staten Islander Sandy Cacciatore, 46, of West Brighton, a former medical assistant, died Wednesday in her son’s home in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.

Born Sandy Poplawski in Midland Beach, she was reared in Stapleton. She moved to Yonkers as a teenager but eventually returned to Staten Island, residing in Rosebank. She lived in several other areas on the Island before settling in West Brighton 10 years ago.

Mrs. Cacciatore worked as a medical assistant for Staten Island University Hospital, Ocean Breeze, before giving birth to twins.

She was a parishioner of St. Adalbert’s R.C. Church, Elm Park.

Mrs. Cacciatore was a member of the Lupus Foundation.

She enjoyed cooking, music and making family photo diaries.

Surviving Mrs. Cacciatore are three sons, Anthony, Matthew and Alex; her mother, Martha (Chickie) Poplawski; two brothers, Thomas and Paul Poplawski, and one grandchild.

The funeral will be tomorrow from the Scamardella Funeral Home, West Brighton, with a mass at 10 a.m. in St. Adalbert’s Church. Burial will follow in St. Peter’s Cemetery, West Brighton.